-> of emergency treatment.... 
 TR> This sort of "treatment?" happens everywhere as far as I can see.  The
 TR> horror stories about nursing homes never seem to cease.  It's simply
 TR> neglect in a lot of instances where EMS is called where had the proper
 TR> care been initially given, the pt. would never had needed us.  If
 TR> reading the charts, and following directions is too much for "some" of
 TR> these people they have no business being in the health/medical field.
I couldn't agree with you more Tom... Sad to say, but seems IMO that this
sort of stuff is getting nothing but "worse" as time and the population grows
older as well.... And I don't know about your area... But I've seen staff in
some of the homes I've been to that had never been able to graduate from HS
little on be able to read... :<
James Tarpley FF/EMT
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